Heaven on Earth - Nicaragua

Casa Tara is an elegant four bedroom and four bathroom cliff-top home overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The home has a large indoor living space as well as a large deck overlooking all of Playa Santana, all while being just a short walk from the main Clubhouse.

TARA enjoys a prime location in the Rancho Santana community, which is located on the Pacific coast on Nicaragua. Rancho Santana encompasses 2700 acres of diverse terrain, including 600 acres of dedicated native forest and many ‘no build’ green areas. Rancho Santana has five miles of rugged coastline and residents have access to five beaches. The wildlife includes Howler monkeys, iguanas, colorful birds, butterflies, fish, tortoises and flowers. Rancho Santana enforces a strict building code designed to assure all development enhances the natural beauty of the environment and protects wildlife. Rancho Santana has adequate water for its present and foreseeable future needs. Rancho Santana is gated and well secured.

Nicaragua boasts a rich cultural heritage, beautiful scenery, incredible biodiversity, lakes and volcanoes and an ever growing range of leisure activities. Tourism was a non existent industry not long ago but is now the country's top earner. The tourism industry in Nicaragua has been growing at a fast clip for several years. The latest figures for 2012 reveal an increase in visitors of 10% from 2011.

The demographics are set to underpin considerable future growth in Nicaragua's real estate market. Time Magazine recently reported: "Many of the 76 million American boomers are more likely than their parents to consider retiring to a foreign land, because they have traveled more, have higher hopes for retirement, and tend to be more active and adventuresome." The Baby Boomers are looking beyond Florida and the southern states to countries in Central America. Nicaragua stands out as offering a unique combination of low cost of living, affordable properties as well as one of the most attractive retiree benefits package in Central America. In fact the AARP recently rated Nicaragua as one of the best places to retire abroad because of its affordability, breathtaking beauty and easy-going lifestyle